twig blight

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noun Plant Pathology.

blight affecting the twigs of a plant.

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Origin of twig blight

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

For the uninitiated, the film is set on a future Earth whose crops (save corn) have been wiped out by a mysterious blight.
Neil deGrasse Tyson Breaks Down ‘Interstellar’: Black Holes, Time Dilations, and Massive Waves|Marlow Stern|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Was part of the attraction to the project shining a light in this bizarre blight on America?
The Resurrection of Kristen Stewart|Marlow Stern|October 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She paints the current rodent situation as more than a foul inconvenience, and one that is a particular blight on poorer areas.
Crowdsourcing NYC’s War on Rats|Kevin Zawacki|June 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the process, he captured the true spirit of Detroit and its people, all bankruptcy, crime, and urban blight aside.
The All-American Photographer Takes on Detroit|Erin Cunningham|June 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Increasingly, cities long left to rot are rising from the ashes of blight as they try to become shining examples of new urbanism.
A Tech Millionaire Bets on the Urban Revival of Downtown Las Vegas|Sarah Kunst|January 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
To drop on one knee and level his piece was the work of an instant, but unfortunately he snapped a dry twig in doing so.
Hunting the Lions|R.M. Ballantyne
He clutches at a sharp point of rock here, or a twig there; but if it is not as safe as he believed, woe unto him!
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin|Mary Hazelton Wade
There is still mademoiselle, with her new-formed friends in Paris—may a pestilence blight them all!
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
There was a quiet, cynical smile on his face as he sat there beating a tattoo on his leggings with a hickory twig.
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd
Burn the male olive-branch and the pine twig and juniper, and let the blazing laurel crackle amid the hearth.
The Religion of Ancient Rome|Cyril Bailey